When trying to differentiate depression from dementia, the first clues to a misdiagnosis may be that:
a. treating one disorder exacerbates the symptoms of the other disorder
b. the primary symptoms are not being improved by drug treatment
c. treating one disorder also improves the other disorder
B
The first clues for dementia having been misdiagnosed as depression may be that the primary symptoms are not being improved by drug treatment. Diagnosis for dementia is difficult in part because it is a diagnosis of exclusion. Several symptoms of dementia are shared with other illnesses, such as depression. However, depression, even among the elderly, tends to respond very well to drug treatments, whereas dementia does not.
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